At a guess, Given, Dunne, Ieland, Gabby, Bent are probably on £50k a week. Move maybe one or two of them on and Hutton and Warnock. We might be able to bring in some players on similar money.
This is all just guess work.
When are the next set of accounts due out? Would be nice to know exactly where we are on that front now, instead of all the hear say and educated guesses.
Very poor today and as such it is hard to give any player a rating.
What i will say though is that this 5-3-2 needs dropping. I know when he first adopted it we managed to pick up some decent results, Norwich in the cup and Liverpool but looking at those games a midfield was just as poor and over run as it has been since Xmas, the only difference in those games were that our inexperienced backline managed to scrap us through while we nicked goals on the counter. It was only so long we could rely on those sort of performance before it went wrong.
I noticed that too, was wondering where he went. He even sent the fitness coach to get the subs as they were all warming up at the time,
Despite the recent setbacks i still have faith that he will turn it around. Was he my first choice in the summer? No. I would rather have had Martinez as he was/is the more proven of the two. But up til Xmas and his signings so far all seemed to be gelling he just needs to drop the 5-3-2.
He is a decent player to keep around. You would think his wage demands wouldn't be to high so i'd give him a new contract if he is happy being here as cover for the back 4.
A lot of people on this place moan or have moaned about in the past a lack of depth to the squad. Lichaj is exactly the sort of player we have a chance of bulking the team up with, just because he isn't a top quality player doesn't mean he can not do a job and should release him.